ZJJ Training Log
ZJJ Training Log
Training Log
Oliver S. Staark
This book is for educational and training purposes. The publisher and
authors of this instructional book are not responsible in any manner
whatsoever fir any adverse affects rising directly or indirectly as a result of
the information provided herein. If not practiced safely and with caution,
martial arts can be dangerous to you and others. It is important to consult
with a professional martial arts instructor before beginning training. It is
also very important to consult with a physician prior to training due to the
intense and strenuous nature of the techniques in this manual.
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ISBN-13: 978-1482667660
ISBN-10: 1482667665
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CONTENTS
Tips on Using a Training Log
Using the Legend
Samples
The Training Log
Building a Game Plan
In Conclusion
Resources and Reference
TIPS ON USING THIS TRAINING LOG
Keeping track of your progress is paramount if you plan to
improve in your jiu jitsu game. Caio Terra recommends that if you
improve by only 1% each day then the compounding effect will
make you proficient in no time.
I have been keeping a training log for many years and still
write down my efforts from the last class just before I get into bed,
this a little routine that now makes for interesting reading years
later. I laugh at some of my goals and ambitions as a white and
blue belt and laugh even more at some of the complex techniques
I thought cool and might be able to manage - no kidding, there’s a
flying triangle in there.
Keeping a series of techniques in your head is a complex
matter. This is human chess, for every attack there is a defense for
every sweep, takedown, pass, submission there is a counter...and
counter to that counter. It makes much more sense to keep taking
notes than trying to remember what you did, even if you just did it.
Also, when you review as you should periodically, some
techniques you will identify as being easy to perform and fit your
body-type. These techniques I put a checkmark in the corner and
come back to drill some more. Then the techniques that present a
challenge I put an X in the corner of the page, meaning I need to
revisit the move. The neutral techniques (leave the box empty) that
I don’t have a feeling of either way then I let them slide until I come
back to them. These are my So-So techniques, I can do them but
they don’t fill me with joy.
This art form is a process yet system driven. One thing leads
logically to another. It’s position-transition-submission. Simple,
right?
The logic, though, is lightning in a bottle. It needs to be
grasped and placed into the correct place in the puzzle or the
puzzle won't unlock. Remember how a move was working really
well and you were catching everyone or passing everyone, then a
couple of weeks later it stopped working?? What happened?
Probably, a detail you were applying has now been forgotten.
Wouldn’t it be great if you could go back and retrieve the detail.
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problem. With your journal you can drop it and then drop coffee all
over and your jiu jitsu brain stays safe.
Review - Goal setting is not one of my favorite things to do,
I’m just not a big 'goal guy', but I think that is an aversion to the
word and not necessarily what it means. You see, I feel it is
imperative to have a point of focus (or target) for each session. In
the early stages your professor and coach will provide this but as
time wears on you’ll need to motivate yourself to select techniques
that fit your age, physical condition, body shape, weight, and many
other factors. This is where you need to get creative.
Now if you set the focus of your training, you need to check in
and see how far along you’ve come. You can’t just reminisce, it’s
got to be more solid than that. You need review sections in your
training log that makes you check-in and keep score. How’s that
half guard sweep coming you said you would have it mastered a
month ago? Small things like this accelerate your progress.
Trackback - Tracing your steps can be an important part of
moving forward, especially if you are hitting a plateau. This re-
visiting of your previous techniques and the times when your game
felt really good can be a reminder that this could happen again in
the future. Hitting a plateau can be very disheartening, a real
slump pushed me to question whether to continue or not. Using my
journal I decided to go back to basics and forget all the fancy
techniques that were confusing me. This saved my BJJ career.
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The Legend can be a real time saver and useful device when used
properly. Don't forget you will be reviewing your progress every
fourteen sessions. It will be a lot easier to go back over the
previous weeks of training just taking a hint from the corner of the
page than having to leaf through every page to find out what was
working and what wasn't.
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TARGET / FOCUS
What are most important priorities in your training right now?
List one product target you have for the next few months sessions,
then List three focus goals to achieve it.
List a second target and then three focus goals to achieve it.
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What is one thing I could differently that will bring about the
desired change?
Get a private with professor about that RNC
Any Injuries?
None. Hamstring feels a little tight but it's okay.
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Session Number #1
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BUILDING A GAMEPLAN
"Everyone has a game plan until they get hit in the face"
~ Joe Lewis and later used by Mike Tyson
Building a game plan as you work through your training in Jiu Jitsu
is an easy way to put a strategy together for training at the
academy or for competition:
Build from the last position: If you pull guard, then the next step
is Closed Guard Bottom. Add three techniques that work for you
here. If you have a great takedown, like a double leg, then you
could end up in guard, half guard or even pass into side control.
So go to Closed Guard Top, and add a couple of guard breaks that
work for you. Again, this is A-Game time, these should be guard
breaks and passes that are high percentage.
Build Out the other Positions: Using the area on page 266 fill in
techniques for the various other positions. All things stem from the
position before but knowing where you are is an important
distinction.
Link the positions: Now link the positions how you see a match
playing out. Get some colored pencils and link the techniques
together. Start with Standing >> you pull to closed guard >> nice
scissor sweep to mount >> cross collar choke from top.
In reality it won't be this perfect, this is jiu jitsu in a vacuum, as
soon as resistance is applied then your little closed loop system
will be put to the test. Again though, the grey matter in your head is
brought into play. You are developing a gameplan.
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Add and Subtract: As your game develops over the weeks and
months as you complete the pages of this journal, look for the
starred entries, or check marks and see what new techniques you
should be adding to your gameplan.
This leaves another area, you then need to subtract either
techniques that are sticky or even lose some you love for ones that
are absolutely killer. This is where you go from techniques that you
have down with 50% success rates to the new ninja techniques
you just hit naturally. Erase the old and add the new. Your
gameplan is now evolving. This is a fluid document, at best it
should be a snapshot of what works for you now, but as time
passes it should develop into something else.
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IN CONCLUSION
What does this all mean? It's not rocket science. It's about building
your own system of Jiu Jitsu, a system that works just for you, for
your age, your body type, your level of fitness, your rank, wherever
you are at.
You have to take from this training log what you need. Don't just
keep adding techniques or positions for the sake of adding. Don't
become a technique hoarder, jack of all trades, master of none. In
fact, listen to Bruce: subtract. Take away the mistakes; keep the
details that work for you. Drill your 'A-Game'.
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http://jiujitsubuddha.com
I would love to hear from you and your thoughts on the concepts
and ideas contained in this manual. Maybe we'll meet on the mat
some day, I very much look forward to it.
Be water, my friend.
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RECOMMENDED READING:
University of Jiu Jitsu. Saulo Ribeiro and Kevin Howell. Victory Belt
Publishing 2008
The X Guard. Marcelo Garcia with Eric Krauss and Glen Cordoza.
Victory Belt Publishing 2008.
RECOMMENDED WATCHING:
Jeff Glovers Deep Half Guard. Cryo Productions 2009
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RECOMMENDED WEBSITES:
http://bjjtech.com/tech/
http://bishopbjj.com
http://www.grapplingdummy.net
http://armbarsoap.com
http://youtu.be/CWgke2m__6Y
http://youtu.be/4JsEOI5sLRM
http://youtu.be/KilhUNQ6r7U
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